P.R. Laws tit. 1, § 603
The following actions are hereby prohibited:
(a) No public official or employee may dismiss, threaten, discriminate against or otherwise retaliate against another public official or employee, with regard to the terms, conditions, compensation, location, or employment benefits or privileges, because the latter has disclosed or has attempted, orally or in writing to disclose any testimony, statement, or information on alleged improper or illegal acts in the use of public property or funds or acts that constitute corruption, before any official or employee with investigative functions or before a state or federal legislative, administrative or judiciary forum, when said statements are not defamatory, unfounded, or frivolous, nor constitute privileged information established by law.
(b) No public official or employee who has authority to influence, recommend or approve any action, shall make adverse or discriminatory decisions regarding any public official or employee for:
(1) Offering or attempting to offer any spoken or written information or statement against an official or employee, before any other public official or employee with investigative functions, or any state or federal administrative, legislative or judicial forum, that the public official or employee who gives the information or testimony reasonably believes that it is evidence of the violation of a law, rule or regulation, misuse use public funds, illegal use of public property, loss of funds, abuse of authority or violations of the laws and regulations that govern the ethical conduct in the public service.
(2) Exercising the right to report, complain, sue, or appeal, guaranteed by any act, rule or regulation of our legal system in effect.
(3) Refusing to obey an order to carry out an act or omission that would bring about the violation of a law or regulation.
History —Nov. 7, 2000, No. 426, § 5.